incentivize
verb
in·cen·tiv·ize
in-ˈsen-tə-ˌvīz 
incentivized; incentivizing
: to provide with an incentive
would incentivize employees with stock options
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This deep investment incentivized the larger white population, and segments of the Black population, to play an active role in policing Black people.
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Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
Therefore, owners agreed to move the touchback from the 30-yard-line to the 35-yard-line prior to the 2025 season to incentivize teams to kick into the landing zone.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Civil servants must be supported and incentivized to act on what the data reveals.
—Caroline Whistler, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Fewer than half of the roughly 20,000 properties declared newly ineligible for city service have managed to secure new service from private haulers, prompting a rule change to incentivize the haulers to offer better deals.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
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Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
Therefore, owners agreed to move the touchback from the 30-yard-line to the 35-yard-line prior to the 2025 season to incentivize teams to kick into the landing zone.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Civil servants must be supported and incentivized to act on what the data reveals.
—Caroline Whistler, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Fewer than half of the roughly 20,000 properties declared newly ineligible for city service have managed to secure new service from private haulers, prompting a rule change to incentivize the haulers to offer better deals.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Incentivize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incentivize. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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